at home with ann

I like most vegetables, but I've never been a huge fan of beets.  As such, I was less than thrilled about the huge bundle of beet greens in my CSA pickup.  Not one to be easily deterred, I searched the internet for a recipe that sounded good, and modified it to sound even better. Braised Beet Greens with Chicken Sausage inspired by Simply Recipes Serves 4 Ingredients: 1 large bunch (about a pound) beet greens 1 12 oz. package chicken sausage, sliced 1 small onion, chopped 1 garlic clove, minced 1/2 cup water 1 Tablespoon sugar 1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes 1/6 cup cider vinegar canola oil parmesan cheese, optional Wash the beet greens very well.  I filled up the salad spinner with water twice and mushed them around before spinning.  Fresh from the farm vegetables are amazing, but they have a lot of dirt on them.  Organic dirt, but dirt nonetheless.  And one scary spider on the turnips, but that's a story for another day. In a large saut...